Improved dish-rack



sra/W weer fwn n. sAWYE-a'lo'r PORTLAND, MAINE.

Leiters Pate'ntNo. 83,413, (lated October 27. 1868.

-IIVLEROVED DISH-RACK The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patentan making part of the To all whom 'it rmay cantera:-

`Be it known that l, E. A. SAWYER, of Portland, in the county ofCumberland, and State of Maine, have invent-ed a new and useful ImprovedDish-Rack; and I hereby declare the following to he a full, clear, andexact description thereof, whichnvill enable o hers to make and use myinvention, reference heilig had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 shows a side elevation ofmy invention.

ligure` 2 is a top plan of same.

'The purpose of my invention is to produce a rack for holding plates anddishes, for various purposes, such as drying, and warming for nseon the.table. A

I ain aware that various patents have been 'granted upon devices forthis purpose, and, disclaiming previous patents, I will proceed todescribe my invention, as follows:

My invention consists of a panor dish, flat on the bottom, somewhatshallow, with sides and ends sufiiciently raised, so that the dish maycontain any drippings from the plates'or other articles that are placedtherein while wet. On the inside ot' the bottom of this. pan I placehorizontal coils of wire, secured to the bottom by soldering, or anyother convenient method. These extend the length of the pan, from oneend to the other, and are arranged in horizontal parallel pairs, twoparallel coils being necessary to sustain the plates.

These coils are placed sufficiently far apart to allow the curved edgeof the plate to pass down ,between them somewhat, the plate standingedgewise in the helices,

and being placed between the separate coils of the wire forming eachhelix. Thus the plate is prevented from rolling on its edge by the coilof the wire, and falling on either face by the separate rings of thecoils. As many plates can be placed in a pair of these coils as thereare spaces between the rings, depending, of course, upon the length ofthe coil.

This article will be found quite convenient when plates are to bewarmed, for use on the table, for placing them away when not requiredfor use, or. for carrying them from room to room.

a shows the dish or pan.

b b c illust-rate the rows of coils. I do notv claim a spring-rack, madeseliiconneeting,

having a bed and fastening-rod, the wire being `attachedto abcd-plate,to be secured to any article. lMy invention is for the combination ofthespiral wires with a dish, to'hold and drain plates, and requires tworows of the spirals to sustain the plates, the spirals being permanentlyfired in the dish.l I do not claim the spirals or the dish.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The dish-rack, as described, having the pau or base a, with thehorizontal parallelV pairs of helices, all

combined and arranged asl and fo'r the purposes set forth.

E. A. SAWYER.

Witnesses:

WM. H. Cnlrronn, HENRY O. HoUs'roN.

